2013: Listed as a starter at wide receiver on
the preseason depth chart. He spent part of the summer in 2013
working at the Manning Passing Academy as a college
counselor/coach. While in high school he previously attended the
camp, which is run by Archie Manning, the father of NFL
quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning. Archie is a former New Orleans
Saints teammate of Cooper’s grandfather, Jake Kupp. Cooper
caught eight passes for 119 yards and had touchdown catches of 27
and 26 yards in EWU’s Red-White Spring Game. In a total of
three spring scrimmages, he caught 11 passes for 150 yards and a
pair of TDs.

2012: Redshirted. Was selected as
Eastern’s Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year. Was
selected as the team’s offensive scout team player of the
week once, and twice for special teams.

HS: Graduated from Davis HS in 2012. A two-way
All-State selection, he earned first team 4A All-State honors as a
defensive back and honorable mention accolades as a wide receiver
from Associated Press as selected by sportswriters and
broadcasters. Named by the Seattle Times as a “White
Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state
of Washington. Also selected among “others to watch” on
Ron Siegel’s pre-season All-State team (seniors only). Was a
unanimous first team All-Columbia Basin Big Nine League
wide receiver and defensive back at Davis. He finished his senior
season with 60 receptions for 1,059 yards (17.7 per catch) and 18
touchdowns, and scored 22 total touchdowns to set a school record.
He also had 11 rushes for 122 yards and two touchdowns as he helped
Davis come one game away from a berth in the State 4A Playoffs.
Davis finished 6-4 for the second straight year, giving the program
back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1968-69.
Kupp’s career came to an end in a 68-22 playoff loss to Mead,
as Kupp finished with six catches for 87 yards. But he also filled
in at quarterback because of an injury to Davis’ starter, and
was 5-of-10 for 76 yards. A three-year starter, Kupp had 31 catches
for 811 yards (26.2 per catch) and seven touchdowns as a junior to
earn first team All-CBBN honors. With 19 catches for 230 yards as a
sophomore, he finished his career with 110 catches for 2,100 yards.
Also a three-year letter winner in basketball, the Pirates finished
23-2 and won the State 4A Tournament championship with a 48-42
title game victory over Central Valley. Kupp scored seven points
and had five rebounds in that game, and four points, three rebounds
and a pair of steals in a come-from-behind 52-46 win over
Bellarmine Prep in the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, a 79-45
romp over Bothell, Kupp scored 19 points with four rebounds and
five assists. The Pirates held their opponents to less than 50
points in all six of their postseason games. Kupp was a 4.0 honors
student at Davis.

Personal: Born 6/15/93 in Yakima, Wash. Intends
on majoring in exercise science at EWU. His parents are Craig and
Karin Kupp, who were both inducted into the Pacific Lutheran
University Hall of Fame in 2003. Karin (formerly Karin Gilmer) was
a soccer player and Craig played football. Craig, who graduated
from Selah (Wash.) High School, was a fifth-round draft pick by the
New York Giants in 1990 and played in 1991 for the Phoenix
Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys. Cooper’s great-uncle, Jeff
Kupp, lettered as an offensive lineman at Eastern from 1982-84
during EWU’s transition from NAIA to the FCS (then known as
I-AA). Cooper’s grandfather, Jake Kupp, was an offensive
lineman for the University of Washington and was drafted in the
ninth round of the 1964 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys. He played
from 1964-75 as a guard with Dallas, the Washington Redskins,
Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints. Named to the NFL
All-Rookie team, he later was a five-time captain for the Saints.
He was named to the franchise’s 25-year All-Time Team and was
inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1991, the same year that Craig
played in the NFL. And Karin’s father, Tom Gilmer, is also a
member of the PLU Hall of Fame as a Lute quarterback and
record-setting punter in the late 1950’s. He is also in the
Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame after also serving as the
long-time football coach for Washington High School in Tacoma.